DETROIT, MI - Politically vocal billionaire Donald Trump is opening a 28-million-square-foot, golf-centered development on the outskirts of high-end but hard-hit Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the Associated Press reports.

In addition to The Trump International Golf Club, the project includes luxury residential units, hotels, a spa and international schools.

The development is reportedly being bought off of a $1 billion Tiger Woods-themed golfing estate that was set aside after the global economic downturn. Dubai was a hotbed for real estate development leading up to the global financial crisis, but tumbled hard along with the international recession, leaving a glut of high-end real estate projects unfinished.

Trump has 14 golf courses throughout the globe. The real estate magnate is set to speak later this month at the 124th Oakland County Lincoln Day Dinner. He is to be joined at the May 21 event by a who’s who of state Republicans, such as Gov. Rick Snyder, State Attorney General Bill Schuette and Secretary of State Ruth Johnson.

Lincoln Day chair David A. Trott told Novi Patch that with the announcement of Trump coming, sales of the dinner’s tickets, which start at $75, “went through the roof.”

“We are expecting that more than 2,000 people will attend the event, which is the oldest and largest Lincoln Day Dinner in the nation,” he added.